Meet The Members

[blappy]

Forum Name...Blappy

Location...Somewhere in the USA :3

Number of Years in Hobby...4 years I think. Mostly coldwater fish. Some tropical

Fishkeeping Profile...I dunno. I just raise them for fun and hope to give them a nice life, being humane to them

Favourite fish species...Goldfish are my top fav. Guppies and bettas are my favs too.

Favourite LFS...I guess Petsmart. I'd prefer to get them from an animal shelter but... they never have fish there, I wish they did though, I love adopting orphan animals.

Aquatic Likes...I looooove gardening in my backyard, so naturally I love gardening in my fish tank by adding plants.

Aquatic Dislikes... I hate goldfish bowls, they are not really fit for any fish. Except maybe bettas...?

Aquatic Achievements... I got my hands on some lovely marimo balls :3

Non-fish related fact...going to college to be a pharmacist. I'm a certified pharm tech right now

Other Hobbies...gardening, drawing, video games, caring for pets :3

 

[Hollywood1992]

Forum Name: Hollywood1992

Location: Huddersfield, UK

Number of Years in Hobby: 3

Favourite fish species: Gibbicep

Aquatic Likes: Planted tanks!!

Aquatic Dislikeseople who assume you don't care about the animals you work with because you're a big company.

Aquatic Achievements: My apple snails finally bred!! after 6mths of not hatching.

Non-fish related fact: I work for Pets at Home in Bradford

Other Hobbies: I have two lizards and a tortoise

 

[thebqb]

Forum Name: thebqb

Location: Oregon

Number of Years in Hobby: 2

Favourite fish species: Discus

Aquatic Likes: Large Tanks

Non-fish related fact: I work at Home in Oregon, love Tattoos and fish

Other Hobbies: Tattoos and my Google news site TheBQB.com

 

[EmmaHib]

Forum Name...EmmaHib.

Location...Leeds, England
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Number of Years in Hobby...1 month.

Fishkeeping Profile...1 70 litre hexagonal freshwater tank with 14 small fish.

Favourite fish species...Guppy

Favourite LFS...Tong, Bradford

Aquatic Likes...Clean & green with a bit of hot pink.

Aquatic Dislikes...TAT!!! & lots of wires/gadgets.

Aquatic Achievements...Persuading the man in the pet shop to catch the EXACT fish I'd chosen (out of about 100)

Non-fish related fact...I'm a secondary school French & Spanish teacher and lived in Antibes in the South of France for 2 years.

Other Hobbies...Languages, fitness, reading & watching about Vegas, Canasta, card games, board games, dice games, nights out, holidays...all sorts.

 

[HayzH]

Forum Name...HayzH

Location...Barnstaple, Devon

Number of Years in Hobby...1 month..but wanted this all my childhood

Fishkeeping Profile...Tank 1..66L Aqua One, 70L Superfish and 60L Unknown

Favourite fish species...Betta/Siamese Fighting Fish

Favourite LFS...Maidenhead Aquatics

Aquatic Likes...BUBBLES

Aquatic Dislikes...lack of knowledge is some chains of LFS!

Aquatic Achievements...cycling 3 tanks at the same time!

Non-fish related fact......been married for 13 yrs, have 1 son age 7 and 1 daughter age 2 (and still breastfeeding)

 

[mike455555]

Forum Name : mike455555

Real name : michael cole

Location morfolk , England

Number of Years in Hobby : 1 year since my first fish (off a fair)

Favourite fish species : Beta, neon tetra, and any small schooling fish

Aquatic Likes : planted and natural looking tanks

Aquatic Dislikes : fake tanks with neon gravel no plants or fake ones and sponge bob

Aquatic Achievements : hummmm... planted tanks?

Non-fish related fact : we are made out of star dust

Other Hobbies : collage

 

[Meggie :)]

Forum Name: Meggie

Number of years in hobbie: 4

Fishkeeping profile: ten gallon planted livebearer community and a fifty gallon, empty at the moment

Favorite species: Balloon mollies, guppies, bettas

Favorite LFS: Pets Inc (I think it's just a family owned store, though)

Aquatic likes: Natural looking tanks, live plants

Aquatic dislikes: when you get sold fish with parasites, uncared for fish, too big of fish in too small a tank, algae

Non related facts: I am a Christian, I work out a lot, I have curly hair, and I am an absolute animal lover

Other Hobbies: Competetive swim, art, writing songs, singing, dancing, reading

 

[Xander]

Forum Name... Xander

Location... Midwest, USA

Number of Years in Hobby... 17 years (a few years off, but usually have some type of tank going)

Fishkeeping Profile... Just moved into a smaller place to save some money, so currently running multiple tanks 2-3gals in size for bettas.

Favourite fish species... Bettas, Angels, African cichlids

Favourite LFS... Living in such a small town, there is only one LFS, and it is a disaster.. so AquaBid for now!

Aquatic Likes... Naturally planted tanks, medium to heavily planted

Aquatic Dislikes... Sparce, dirty tanks.. otherwise, each their own in their likes. I'm not one to judge. Just as long as they take care of the tanks properly!

Aquatic Achievements... Was breeding live bearers when I was 17, raised some real good angels back then too.. nowadays, just rescueing any in need.
Don't have any achievements really.. other then making my fish happy =)

Non-fish related fact... Mother to a seven year old autistic daughter, worked in a state mental hospital working with the patients.
Now I stay at home and take care of my family, all 2 legged, 4 legged, and finned!

Other Hobbies... I'm a gamer. MMOs, PC, console... I read when I can, draw and on another forum I help give advice on caring for certain types of fish.
I live an exciting life.... lol

 

[sudeepb]

Hi,

I am Sudeep from Gods own Country -Kerala in India. Good to See you all,

I have been into the aquarium Hobby for last 4 years,
I have 4 Glass aquariums each 3 ft X1.5 ft X 1 Ft and Two Civil tanks- brick Tanks of about 2mtr X 2mtr X 1 mtr.

My Favourite is my Flower Horn and I have "Miss Kerala", Clown Loaches,Coolie Loaches,Frontosa,Severum,Dotted Catfish ,Giant gourmi- white and Black with me...

Lookind fwd to meet youall and share the experiences..

TC..

 

[Sahira]

Forum Name: Meggie

Forum name: Sahira

Location: London, England

Number of years in hobbie: 2 1/2 months - newbie for sure

Fishkeeping profile: 1 Freshwater/Planted tank- Juwel Rio 125 Litres

Favorite species: Danio's, Guppie's, Fantail

Favorite LFS: .. lfs?

Aquatic likes: Clear water, lots of oxygen bubbles!

Aquatic dislikes: ... no dislikes?..

Non-fish related facts: 22 years old, live in london, I have a cockatiel parrot she's 9 years old, i've had her for 8 1/2 years...!

 

[This Old Spouse]

Favorite LFS: .. lfs?

Local Fish Store

 

[Sahira]

Favorite LFS: .. lfs?

Local Fish Store

ohh.. lol.. local pet store.. 'pets at home' 5-10 mins from my house

 

[maddog mcleod]

how do i get the questions that you guys answered up on screen to post please

 

[maddog mcleod]

hi billy mcleod here


Location...ARBROATH SCOTLAND

Number of Years in Hobby.. JUST STARTED.

Fishkeeping Profile..MADDOG MCLEOD.

Favourite fish species..PLATTYS.

Favourite LFS..ABBY PET STORE ARBROATH.

Aquatic Likes...SEEING FRY WHWN NOT EXPECTED

Aquatic Dislikes..FISH FLOATING.

Aquatic Achievements..NONE REALLY.

Non-fish related fact...KEEP JACK RUSSELL TERRIERS

Other Hobbies METAL DETECTING DRINKING RABBITING

 

[maddog mcleod]

Location...ARBROATH SCOTLAND

Number of Years in Hobby.. JUST STARTED.

Fishkeeping Profile..MADDOG MCLEOD.

Favourite fish species..PLATTYS.

Favourite LFS..ABBY PET STORE ARBROATH.

Aquatic Likes...SEEING FRY WHWN NOT EXPECTED

Aquatic Dislikes..FISH FLOATING.

Aquatic Achievements..NONE REALLY.

Non-fish related fact...KEEP JACK RUSSELL TERRIERS

Other Hobbies METAL DETECTING DRINKING RABBITINGmaddog mcleod